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Saturday, September 13, 2025

NYT Crossword Across September 13, 2025: All 30 Horizontal Answers & Strategic Tips

Saturday NYT Across Solutions September 13, 2025 - Every Horizontal Clue Decoded with Hints

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 30 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for September 13, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Saturday, September 13, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date September 13, 2025
Day of Week Saturday
Total Across Clues 30 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Easy

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 30 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Student's plan
2 Across 16. Italian pianist who composed the scores for "Nomadland" and "The Father"
3 Across 17. Sort of habitat in a bottle garden
4 Across 18. Gumbo ingredients
5 Across 19. Top
6 Across 20. California's ___ Nuevo State Park
7 Across 21. Contests
8 Across 22. Contents of Pandora's box
9 Across 24. Some baseball stats
10 Across 25. The 21,728th page of 1989's 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary
11 Across 26. Bad way to make a group decision
12 Across 27. Batman : Bruce :: Wonder Woman : ___
13 Across 28. Stray
14 Across 29. Place for driving
15 Across 30. Rolled chip brand from Mexico
16 Across 31. MX-5 and CX-50 maker
17 Across 32. Province in the names of many Chinese restaurants
18 Across 33. Great volumes
19 Across 34. Petunia's partner, in cartoons
20 Across 35. Rounded, in a way
21 Across 36. Jazz form
22 Across 39. Botanical bristles
23 Across 40. Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel
24 Across 41. Mountain West campus city
25 Across 42. Network
26 Across 43. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
27 Across 44. Beer alternative to a 38-Down
28 Across 45. Pooped
29 Across 49. Completely at ease
30 Across 50. "I mean, duh!"

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Student's plan"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: A_____________M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACADEMICPROGRAM

2 Across: "16. Italian pianist who composed the scores for "Nomadland" and "The Father""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: L_____________I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LUDOVICOEINAUDI

3 Across: "17. Sort of habitat in a bottle garden"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: C_____________M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CLOSEDECOSYSTEM

4 Across: "18. Gumbo ingredients"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O___S
  • Similar words: lady's-finger, gumbo
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OKRAS

5 Across: "19. Top"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'X'
  • Word pattern: A__X
  • Similar words: peak, acme
  • Opposite of: antapex
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the highest point (of something)
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer APEX

6 Across: "20. California's ___ Nuevo State Park"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Similar words: Black September, Fatah-RC
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANO

7 Across: "21. Contests"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: V__S
  • Similar words: compete, vie
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer VIES

8 Across: "22. Contents of Pandora's box"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E___S
  • Similar words: wickedness, evilness
  • Opposite of: goodness
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: morally objectionable behavior
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EVILS

9 Across: "24. Some baseball stats"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R__S
  • Similar words: run batted in, rbi
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a run that is the result of the batter's performance
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RBIS

10 Across: "25. The 21,728th page of 1989's 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
  • Similar words: last, stop
  • Opposite of: begin
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: either extremity of something that has length
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer END

11 Across: "26. Bad way to make a group decision"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A___E
  • Similar words: unparalleled, only
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: isolated from others
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALONE

12 Across: "27. Batman : Bruce :: Wonder Woman : ___"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: D___A
  • Similar words: Princess Diana
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DIANA

13 Across: "28. Stray"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R___E
  • Similar words: rascal, scalawag
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROGUE

14 Across: "29. Place for driving"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R___E
  • Similar words: compass, kitchen stove
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RANGE

15 Across: "30. Rolled chip brand from Mexico"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TAKIS

16 Across: "31. MX-5 and CX-50 maker"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MAZDA

17 Across: "32. Province in the names of many Chinese restaurants"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: H___N
  • Similar words: Hunan province
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HUNAN

18 Across: "33. Great volumes"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T___S
  • Similar words: tome
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a (usually) large and scholarly book
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOMES

19 Across: "34. Petunia's partner, in cartoons"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PORKY

20 Across: "35. Rounded, in a way"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: D___D
  • Similar words: vaulted
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: having a hemispherical vault or dome
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOMED

21 Across: "36. Jazz form"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'P'
  • Similar words: sock, whop
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BOP

22 Across: "39. Botanical bristles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: awn
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AWNS

23 Across: "40. Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: J___N
  • Similar words: Nippon, Nihon
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a string of more than 3
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JAPAN

24 Across: "41. Mountain West campus city"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: R__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RENO

25 Across: "42. Network"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'B'
  • Similar words: entanglement, vane
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WEB

26 Across: "43. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AONE

27 Across: "44. Beer alternative to a 38-Down"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: L___R
  • Similar words: lager beer, laager
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LAGER

28 Across: "45. Pooped"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: P_____________T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLUMTUCKEREDOUT

29 Across: "49. Completely at ease"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A_____________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASLOOSEASAGOOSE

30 Across: "50. "I mean, duh!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 15 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: W_____________R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer WELLITSNOWONDER

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 30 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 04:11 AM

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